Awning reflector-screen.



J. N. LAPRES.

AWNING REFLECTOR SCREEN.

APPLIOATIO! rum) 82211.13, 1901.

901,71 5. Patented Oct. 20, 1908 2 BEEETB-BHEET 1.

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i v I V I I By Attorneys J. N. LAPRES. AWNING REFLECTOR SOBEEN.

APPLIOATIOI FILED SEPT. 13, 1907.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

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' Witnesses:

Inventor,

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH NAPOLEON LAPRES, F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application llod September 18, 1907. florid No. 892,663.

Screens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to window blinds andscreens of a generally similar character and it is particularly adaptedto reflect or deflect the maximum of light into a room which wouldotherwise be poorly li hted. V j

The main objects 0 the invention are to provide a blind of this eneralcharacter which may be positione at any desired angle and one which willat the same time allow free circulation of air and admit the maximumamount of light. In many instances it is desirable to adjust a pluralityof such blinds equally and simultaneously and to thatend suitable meanshave been provided. a

A further'object of the invention. is to provide means for securelylocking the several separate parts of the blind or screen in theiradjusted positions.

Other objects will be pointed 'outin the specification and claimshereinafter.

Broadly speaking the invention comprises one or more movable elementsadapted to act as blinds or panels each mounted for individual movement,devices for movingthese panels to the desired position and means forlocking them in such osition.

In order that one ski led in the art to' which the invention relates maythe more readily understand the mode of itsappliea tion, itsconstruction and operation refj ence should be had to the accompanyingdrawings forming part of the present a-ppli' cation in which similarreference characters designate like parts throughout the several -v1ews.

" In the drawings: Figure 1 is a pers ective of the device as applied toa plura ity of adjoining windows. Fig. 2 is a front view of the deviceas applied to a single window. Fi 3 is a side view of'Fig; 2. .Fig. hisa detail of the locking device. Fig. 5 is a detail of a modified formof'locking device.

Fig. 6 is a'detail of the loose connection between the panels and theirsupporting rod shown in Fig. 3.

The device as a whole comprises a plurality of panels 1. In thepreferred form of the'device these panels consist of suitable openframeworks of rods of suitable material and of the desired size to whichare attached canvas, duck or similar light colored Patented Oct.20,1908. A

material. These panels are mounted to have individual rotary movement insuitable brackets or about suitable supporting rods. When mounted toswing horlzontally-as in Fig. '1 the preferred form of connectionsbetween panels 1 and the supporting brackets will comprise pins or.projections 2 on the framework of the respective panels and screw eyes 3passing through brackets and adapted to freely receive such pins orprojections.

In order to lock each panel in its adjusted position a plate 4 providedwith perforations 5 is secured to the support of each of thepanels 1adjacent to one of the projeo tions 2. Preferably this plate is.semicircular in shape and is placed sothat the projection 2 is in linewith the centers of its diameters; A in 6 depending from the lower edgeof t e framework of the panel. is adapted to selectively engage theperforations 5 of the plate and so prevent rotation .of the panel afterit has-been adjusted as desired. I

For 0 crating the device a cord, cable or similar exible connection 7passing over a pulley 8 is used. This operating device is looselyattached in any suitable way to the free edge of each panel so that bypulling on the cord all of the panels connected there to may besimilarly and simultaneously operatedj By-sl ipping'the connectionbetween any one of the panels and the operating device such; panel maybe operated indlvidually.

.When adapted for use on a single large window or opening the device ismounted to .permit both swinglng movement of the pan els" individuallyand bodily sliding movement of them relatively to their support.

For this latter urpose the projections 2are bent into eyes w ich engagerings 10 mounted to travel freely on supporting rods '11 securediat theopposite sides of the window. To these eyes 10 are secured cords, cablesor similar flexible connections 12 which over pulleys 13.

When the device is adapted for use on a single large window, as aboveset forth, the panels swin vertically from their supports and travelodily along the supports in a vertical direction. In traveling bodilyalong their supports, the panels are limited in their movement, as willbe Obvious. Consequently, when the uppermost panel reaches the upper endof its support, the succeeding panels will successively approach it andthe Whole device will be compactly folded together. The same is true ofcourse when the panels travel in the opposite direction. To afford thistelescopic construction, whereby the several panels may approach oneanother, flexible connections 14 and 15 are secured respectively to theloose ring 10 and to the outer edge of the lower panel. Theseconnections, of course, may be passed over suitable pulleys and arrangedto be grasped together, so that by pulling on both simultaneously andequally, the panel to which theyv are attached will be raised, while atthe same time the angle to which it has been previously set will besubstantially maintained. I

When the several panels have been drawn upward together bythe'connections 14 and 15 into a compact bundle, the whole device may beswung upward against the building to which the device is applied bysimply fastening the connections 12 and 14 and pulling on theconnections 7 and.15. Likewise, to fold the device adjacent the lowerend of the window, it is simply necessary to loosen all connections 7,12, 14 and 15, when the several panels will fall by gravity, and, due tothe loose connections between the panels 1, rings 10 and rods 11, willtelescope toward one another and fold in a compact bundle against thebuilding to which the screen is attached.

This device is eculiarly adapted for lighting rooms by re ection. Theseveral panels comprising the whole are adapted to be so adjustedrelatively to one another and to the window, or opening on which theyare used, as to intercept and reflect the sunlight into the room orapartment to be lighted, without allowing the sun to shine directly intothe room.

The device as constructed in its preferred form is also adapted to actas a screen or blind for substantiallyexcluding light from a room orbuilding. This is accomplished by mounting the several panels so closeto one another that when folded toward the window or opening on whichthey are used,- .they w1ll, in their extreme position, present any oneof several a substantially continuous wall, intercepting and reflectingaway from the opening sunlight which would otherwise enter.

It is obvious that many. changes may be made in the particular way inwhich the individual panels are mounted, the constructions of theseveral panels, the devices for operating them, and many other changesand alterations in the construction of the several parts and theircombinations, without in any way departing from the scope and extent ofthis invention, and it is meant to include all such in the presentapplication. v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A series of fabric-covered panels, indithe vidually journaled forlimited rotary movement, in combination with means for locking eachpanel independently in-any one of several angular positions and a cordconnected to all of said panels and adapted to operate" themsimultaneously substantially as set forth.

2. A series of panels each of which is mounted to turn through a part ofa circle and is permitted a limited up and down motion bodily, incombination with flexible means for operating all the panels together,

each panel being adapted to be readily freed from said means and movedindependently endwise, or from one pivotal position to another and meansfor locking eachpanel in tially as set forth.

3. A series of pivotally adjustable panels,

in combination with a cord connected detachably thereto in order thatall of said panels may be operated together, or each one of pivotalpositions substanv them independently on disconnecting it from said cordand locking. devices for holding each panel in any one of severalpivotal positions substantially as set forth.

4; A series of pivotally adjustable panels,

in combination with means, detachable from each panel, for operating allof said panels together, and fixed plates provided with se-' ries ofperforations and arranged in proximity to said panels, each panel beingprovided with a part adapted to fit into any one of the holes of one ofsaid plates for locking each panel in anyone of several pivotalpositions substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of .twowitnesses. v

JOSEPH NAPOLEON LAPRES. Witnesses:

E. M. SLINEY, W. S. BABCOCK.

